"This page contains an unspecified potential security flaw"

J

JD

When I click on a Desktop shortcut to my TIF folder, I get the message:
"This page contains an unspecified potential security flaw. Would you like
to continue?" I've never seen this before.
I cleared the cache, deleted the cookies, and cleared the history. I even
deleted and recreated the shortcut. The same message pops up.
I've run virus scan, Spybot, and Ad-aware. All came up clean. Event Viewer
shows nothing untoward.
Could this be related to the most recent batch of Windows Security Updates,
installed on August 7?
I can open the folder directly from Documents and Settings/Owner/Local
Settings/Temporary Internet Files.
I also note that the pop-up refers to a "page," though the shorcut leads to
a folder. I don't know if that is significant.
What advice can anyone offer?
Thanks for any help.
 
J

JD

Will,
This page contains nothing more than a link to my own post. I'm not sure
what I'm supposed to do there.
From the way I've described the problem, does it sound "serious" to you? Is
it likely a "bug" in the latest Windows Update, that I might expect to be
corrected in a future "update"?
JD
 
W

Will Denny

Hi JD

I haven't had any problems with the latest Updates, but you may like to
check with the Windows Update News Group:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate or
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups
 
J

JD

Thanks, Will. That may be the newsgroup where I'm most likely to find others
with the same problem.
JD
 
W

Wesley Vogel

A recent Windows Update added this massage. I do not know which one. I
wasn't going to waste my time trying to figure out which Update caused the
message to appear. I uninstalled *all* five Windows Updates that I got
Tuesday to get rid of the message.

BTW, I have XP Pro SP1.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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J

JD

Thanks Wes. I suspected as much. Would the offending update most likely be
the one specifically involving Internet Explorer?
 
W

Wesley Vogel

I suspected as much. Would the offending update most likely be
the one specifically involving Internet Explorer?
Click to expand...

Don't think so, I didn't even get that one in the first place.

Sorry but I deleted the uninstall logs and my notes on what I uninstalled.
I was really upset.

I know that I do not own my machine, Microsoft does. Still, I'll open any
#$%#$% folder that I want to and I do not need or want a $%^$%^ warning when
I do.

I do remember that two of them started with KB920...

I didn't waste my time looking before and I'm not going to waste it now.

Here's a clue, whatever it was, it applied to SP1 and SP2.

And it was Critical or Important

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August, 2006
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms06-aug.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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J

JD

I read the descriptions of the updates on the MS site. The only one
identified as a security update for IE was 918899 (for what it's worth).
 
T

Timothy Daniels

I downloaded and installed 9 security updates yesterday, and I started
gettin this message when I click the shortcut to Temporary Internet Files
folder. I've re-created the shortcut, but the message persists. Any ideas?

*TimDaniels*
 

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